Alexander Kohut (April 22, 1842, Felegyhaza, Hungary - May 25, 1894, New York) was a rabbi and orientalist. He belonged to a family of rabbis, the most noted among them being R. Israel Palota, his great-grandfather, R. Amram (called "The Gaon," who died in Safed, Palestine, where he had spent the last years of his life), and R. Chayyim Kitssee, rabbi in Erza, who was his great-granduncle. The last-named was the author of several rabbinic works. Wikipedia
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